Greater Miami
Greater Miami, also known as the Florida Gold Coast, is a region along the Atlantic coast of southern Florida in the United States of America. It consists of Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties.Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Miami
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Miami is a major city in the southeastern United States and the second most populous city in Florida. The Greater Miami metropolitan area is the largest in the state with an estimated population just under 6.1 million, which makes it the 9th most populous metro area in the United States.
Miami Beach
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Miami Beach is a city in Florida. This small barrier island near Miami was originally cleared of mangroves in the late 1800s to make way for a coconut farm, and was later incorporated as a city by real estate developers in 1915.
Fort Lauderdale
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Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean in the US state of Florida. It is known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive canal system.
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Miami-Dade County
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Miami-Dade County, known simply as Dade County prior to 1997, is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Florida and the seventh-most-populous county in the United States.
Broward County
Broward County is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area. It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census.
Palm Beach County
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Palm Beach County is the largest county by land area in Florida. Situated in the southeastern corner of the state, many of South Florida's most notable cities are located in Palm Beach County, including its namesake, Palm Beach.
Greater Miami
- Type: metropolitan statistical area with 6,140,000 residents
- Description: most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Florida
- Also known as: “Gold Coast”, “Greater Miami Area”, “Miami metropolitan area”, “Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach”, “Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area”, “Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metropolitan statistical area”, and “South Florida”
- Location: Florida, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
26° northLongitude of center
-80.26° or 80° 15′ 36″ westPopulation
6,140,000Wikidata ID
Q2915506
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Greater Miami” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منطقة ميامي الحضرية”
- Arabic: “ميامي الكبرى”
- Armenian: “Մայամիի քաղաքային գոտի”
- Asturian: “Área metropolitana de Miami”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon métropolitan Miami”
- Catalan: “àrea metropolitana de Miami”
- Chechen: “Велике Маями”
- Chinese: “南佛罗里达都会区”
- Chinese: “南佛羅里達都會區”
- Chinese: “邁阿密都會區”
- Dutch: “Groot-Miami”
- Dutch: “Metropoolgebied Miami”
- Esperanto: “miama metropola areo”
- Estonian: “Miami suurlinnapiirkond”
- French: “Aire métropolitaine de Miami”
- French: “South Florida metropolitan area”
- French: “South Florida”
- French: “Sud de la Floride”
- German: “Metropolregion Miami”
- Hebrew: “דרום פלורידה”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין מיאמי”
- Italian: “area metropolitana di Miami”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Miami”
- Japanese: “マイアミ都市圏”
- Persian: “منطقه کلانشهری میامی”
- Polish: “Obszar metropolitalny Miami”
- Portuguese: “Área Metropolitana de Miami”
- Portuguese: “Grande Miami”
- Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana do Sul da Flórida”
- Scots: “Miami metropolitan aurie”
- Slovenian: “Greater Miami Area”
- Slovenian: “metropolitansko območje Miami”
- Slovenian: “Miami metropolitan area”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Miami”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana de Miami”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana de Miami”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana del Sur de Florida”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana del Sur de Florida”
- Spanish: “Area metropolitana del Sur de la Florida”
- Spanish: “Área metropolitana del Sur de la Florida”
- Spanish: “Gran Miami”
- Swedish: “Miami metropolitan area”
- Swedish: “Miami storstadsområde”
- Tatar: “Велике Маями”
- Ukrainian: “Велике Маямі”
- Urdu: “میامی میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng đô thị Miami”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng đô thị Nam Florida”
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